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UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA v. M/V POINT DOVER

No. 84-2016.

756 F.2d 1223 (1985)

UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Mobil Producing Texas & New Mexico, Inc. and Diamond Shamrock Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. M/V POINT DOVER, her engines, tackle, appurtenances, etc., in rem, Defendant, and Point Marine, Inc., her owner and operator, in personam, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, G. Alex Weller, Cornelius G. Van Dalen, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Julian & Seele, Robert M. Julian, Glenn Legge, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Point Marine, Inc., the owner and operator of M/V POINT DOVER attacks the district court's judgment imputing on accepted principles the negligence of the vessel's Master to the vessel owner under the theory of respondeat superior so as to make Point Marine liable for damage to Union's undersea pipeline. How the application of such accepted principles could arrest the attention of this busy court takes a little doing. It comes about...

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